AIX 5.2 TL 10 : bos.rte.control (U815015)

The remote host is missing AIX PTF U815015, which is related to the security of the package bos.rte.control. The reboot command contains a stack based buffer overflow. A local attacker in the shutdown group may exploit this overflow to execute arbitrary code with root privileges because the comma...

CVE-2008-1601

CVE-2008-1601: AIX 5.2/5.3 reboot has a stack-based buffer overflow in /usr/sbin/reboot that allows local users in the shutdown group to gain root privileges. Several Nessus plugins describe the vulnerability as a stack-based overflow in the reboot command (setuid root), enabling arbitrary code e...